The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1887-03-19


rescuers, it was found that the head and
one arm were severed from tho body as
though done by a knife. Covered with
the rubbish of the wreck, as she hay there,
no possible Identification Of the remains
could be made, and after fruitless at
tempts to remove her with their hands,
the rescuers obtained saws and jack.
screws, and after much difficult work.
succeeded in extricating all that remained
of the woman, who, but moment before,
was full of life The body was first re-
moved, then the mutilated and unrecog-
nizable head and, finally, the arm Ten
derby the remains were covered, and soon
after removed to Forest Hill, and later
taken to the city morgue.
Then near the stove, in each others
arms, were two other young women, both
dead evidently instantly killed their
heads crushed beyond recognition. They
also lay wedged in between the debris of
the wreck, pinned down so tightly that
action was impossible and here again il
required jack-screws, levers and saws to
extricate the remains. One woman, who
suffered only, and miraculously enough,
from slight injury to her feet, was re-
moved from this impromptu coffin and
carried home.
Another woman lay cramped between
| two car seats with life extinct; not a
mark appeared upon her body to indicate
how death approached. Extended with
arms pushed forward, Us though en-
| deavoring to ward off the crashing
timbers which fell about, but which did
not touch her, she lay there as calm-ap-
pearing as though in sleep. But the awful
position in which the body lay left nc
doubt but that, in the upheaval OF the
overturning Car, the woman became
wedged between the seats and her young
life slowly crept from the frail body. II
was an awful sight. Right at her elbow
was another less fortunate, who, while
! killed, must have suffered terrible agony
before death relieved her.
The majority of passengers in the cars
which plunged to death were women, all
young, happy, hopeful creatures, whose
tiny sachels with carefully pre- pared
lunches, told pathetically, as no words
possibly can, the circumstances Of their
daily lives.
Ben Goldsmith, a resident of West Rox-
bury, was one Of the fortunate passen-
gers. He was in the last car to land safe
Iy on the further side of the bridge, and as
the car which followed his plunged back
ward and down into eternity, he jumped
through the rear of the car and landed
upon the embankment safe, as the dying
cries were sent up from the commingled
and indistinguishable mass below.
In the first car that went down sat side
by side Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Cardinal. Mrs.
Cardinals head struck the side Of the
car, and she was instantly killed. Mr.
Cardinal escaped with his life. His in
juries were summed up as follows Sc
we're scalp wounds, confusion OF the chest
with bloody expectOration, confusion of
the hip, besides severe bruises on almost
every part of his body.
In the smoker Mr.. Roundy, aged fifty.
was playing cards with Ed Snow, Harry
Gay and Officer Lailler. Every one of his
companions were killed outright, and
few moments later Mr.. RoundY found
himself standing on the soft clay mud Of
Roslindale road, his clothing torn, the
blood streaming from his face and head,
holding in his hand the queen Of dia-
monds, the surviving relic, besides him
self of game that will never be finished.
Roundy managed to get home, where he
is now lying in critical condition.
Robert 7. Abraham was jammed in be-
tween the seats badly and his leg broken.
His daughter, Nellie, was badly injured
in many places about the limbs and body,
and all her front teeth were knocked out
and several of them were swallowed.
A pathetic sight was that of two girls
with arms around one another, clinging
in the embrace of death. Both had been
killed by blows upon the head.
| IL ;rybf In,
his seat, but stark dead, with blood flow
ing in several small streams from cuts on
the head.
The women had an awful time in getting
out. Many left their clothing, which was
torn from their forms There were young
girls together, as if they had occupied two
seats facing each other. All those pinned
down in the cars had horr BILE fear Of
fire, and shrieke1 for assistance to escape
possible cremation.
Owing to the fact that many of the vic
tins were removed in the way above de-
scribed, it is impossible to giv3 an abso-
lutely correct list. Fully seventy persons
are believed to have been injured Of
these q number will die The railroad
officials are making dill igent effort to
ascertain the exact number OF killed and
wounded, and will make report as soon
as possible.
The railroad commissioners visited the
scene yesterday afternoon and had pointed
out to them the supposed cause OF the ac-
cident AT the lower end of the hangers,
which supported the bridge, is cast
iron box, inclosing a clutch which re-
sembles two fingers of a hand drawn up
to half circle. These clutches were
about two and one-hllf inches
wide and one and one-half inches
thick. Over the iron fingers WAS round
steel pnion, about eighteen inches long
and three inches in diameter One of
these fingers was completely rottcd away
by rust and the other rustcd about half
through. Thus the whole strain was
thrown on these weak fingers, and it was
but natural consequence, when the en-.
gine had passed, that tho finger shovf
break, and, one of its supports being sc :,
the whole bridge had to fun
The Attempt On the Cars life.
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